Thought Crime

Five people have been killed by a homicidal maniac in a Salt Lake City mall, UT. The murderer was using a "pump-action shotgun" according to the press. Of course, there will be a big outcry from the media that something "has to be done" about "gun crime" in America. And they're right. Do you know how this idiot was stopped? A man with a permit to carry a concealed firearm shot him dead, before he could kill anyone else. Many malls in UT do not allow firearms inside, but this guy was an off-duty police officer, and so exempt from the rule. At any rate, if everyone in that mall had been carrying, would he have been able to kill even two people? Conversely, if he had been using a sword or petrol bombs instead, and nobody else had any weapons at all, how many people do you think he could have killed? A dozen? Two dozen?

Even in the UK, anyone without a serious criminal record can buy a pump-action shotgun, and I don't believe openly carrying a shotgun into a mall is allowed in PA, so I'd love to see just how the anti-gun bigots will respond to this, especially considering it was a gun user who stopped the killing.

On to one of the most disgusting stories I've seen recently. This guy (yes we all hate the BNP, boo boo etc) "often boasted of wanting to shoot Mr Blair and Lib Dem peer Lord Greaves, the court was told." So? I want to shoot Mr Blair, am I criminal? I'd very much like to fuck Denise Richards (which would, all things considered, most likely be rape), does that make me a criminal? How many people has Tony Blair had killed? A fuck-sight more than this guy has I'll bet.

"[he] had several crossbows and chemicals stored in his home." So fucking what? It's not illegal to own crossbows, it's not illegal to own chemicals, why is this even mentioned?

"When police raided his house on 28 September 2006 they discovered 21 types of chemicals which, when combined, could form explosives." I'll wager that any house in Britain that you care to raid will constain a comparable number of chemicals which, when combined, could form explosives. But so fucking what? The question is: did this guy intend to go and murder people. No he did not, so let him the fuck go.

"they also uncovered a document called the Anarchy Cookbook, which detailed how to make different types of bombs." Not only do they get the frigging name wrong (it's the Anarchist's Cookbook) but this book is perfecrtly legal to own in the UK (not to mention that it's rubbish and isn't a guide to making proper bombs). How can you send someone to jail on account of owning a book?



"Ball bearings - which the prosecution claim could be used as shrapnel for explosive devices - were also found," So it's illegal to own ball fucking bearings now??? You know, those things which are contained within virtually all modern mechanical devices. How do these people sleep at night? "along with four air pistols." This just beggars belief.

"detectives raided Mr Jackson's home on 1 October and found a bow and arrow and two nuclear protection suits." Bow and arrow...are they sure they don't mean an "evil black assault-bow with high-explosive-armour-piercing-dum-dum-arrows in a high-capacity magazine of death?" Nuclear protection suits? What the fuck does that have to do with anything?

"Rob has also started stockpiling supplies," Remember kids, stock up on food and water in case of disaster, and you go to jail. /puke

If you would like to buy the Anarchist's Cookbook, it is available for just over £13 on Amazon. Or you can read it for free here, amongst many, many other places on the web.

A much more useful book by my estimation is Expedient Homemade Firearms by Peter Luty, England.